Bag Of Chips In A Restaurant Parking Lot Leads To A Man Being Shot In Memphis

A man in Memphis became so enraged over an empty bag of chips in the parking lot of a popular restaurant that it led him to shooting another man, according to a woman that was a part of the altercation.

The woman, who spoke with Fox 13 Memphis, explained that she and her boyfriend arrived at Venice Kitchen in East Memphis to pick up a to-go order just after 7:00 PM on Tuesday. The boyfriend went inside the restaurant to grab their food, and while sitting in the car waiting for him to return, she claims she was confronted by a man who knocked on her window, grabbed a piece of trash sitting next to the vehicle, and threw it in her face.

"This all started over a piece of a paper chip trash bag," the woman said. "Are you the owner or something? Are you the litter police or something? I’m confused. He was nothing. Just a regular customer who eats here."

"You don’t aggravate and assault me for no reason. You don’t put your hand in my face for no reason and mush me with some trash off the floor that I did not drop," she continued.

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The boyfriend came out of the restaurant and attempted to get the man away from the car, which then led to a fight breaking out. Shortly thereafter, witnesses told police that they heard gunshots and saw the victim limping away with a gun in his hand. The woman said that her boyfriend had somehow managed to get the gun away from the shooter.

"He didn’t shoot like ‘boom boom' as quickly. It was like a boom, it was delayed and then another one. My boyfriend held his chest like, ‘He shot me, like he really shot me,’" the woman explained.

She quickly drove her husband away and spotted an ambulance at a nearby Wendy's where he was taken to a hospital and later released.

The latest update on the suspect is that he is still in the hospital and no charges have been filed.

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As your resident Memphis writer here at OutKick - the family is re-locating soon, thankfully - this story is a bit surprising. As surprising as a story about a shooting in Memphis can be, at least.

I frequent this restaurant regularly, at least a handful of times per month, and while the poorly-lit parking lot is located way behind the restaurant and is your stereotypical spot where you would imagine some action taking place, a man getting shot over a bag of chips before sunset on a Tuesday wasn't on my bingo card.